Top real estate agents battle to be ‘number one’

Ray White recruit Alex Phillips advised his goal on joining the national estate agency late last month was to become the “Number 1 Ray White office in three years’ time.” “That’s our goal,” he said. Just three weeks in and the billion dollar sales agent is already making his arrival count. Ten sales so far by the new Ray White Phillips & Co office, according to realestate.com.au, with Phillips the lead agent on six of the sales. MORE: Ex-NZ PM buys $5.3m Aussie home Alexander Phillips, Elliott Placks and Gavin Rubinstein. MORE: AC/DC widow’s $50m cash splash exposed His local competition is the recently crowned Ray White Double Bay office which has secured 21 sales over the same three weeks, with Elliott Placks credited as lead agent securing three sales. At the midweek Ray White 2025-26 awards, Gavin Rubinstein of TRG won top principal, as the network seeks to move on from the damaging Josh Tesolin era. Over the past three weeks, TRG secured 17 sales with Rubinstein securing two sales as the lead agent. The combined Ray White Upper North Shore and Northern Beaches was awarded the No. 1 business for the fifth year. The expansionary business secured 50 plus sales over the past t...